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1998 Wake Forest Demon Deacons football team

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1998 Wake Forest Demon Deacons football
ConferenceAtlantic Coast Conference
Record3–8 (2–6 ACC)
Head coach
Offensive coordinatorHank Small (2nd season)
Defensive coordinatorJames Bell (2nd season)
CaptainDesmond Clark, Brian Kuklick, Kelvin Moses, Jeffrey Muyres
Home stadiumGroves Stadium
Seasons
← 1997
1999 →
1998 Atlantic Coast Conference football standings
Conf Overall
Team   W   L     W   L  
No. 3 Florida State $+   7 – 1     11 – 2  
No. 9 Georgia Tech +   7 – 1     10 – 2  
No. 18 Virginia   6 – 2     9 – 3  
North Carolina   5 – 3     7 – 5  
NC State   5 – 3     7 – 5  
Duke   2 – 6     4 – 7  
Wake Forest   2 – 6     3 – 8  
Clemson   1 – 7     3 – 8  
Maryland   1 – 7     3 – 8  
  • $ – BCS representative as conference champion
  • + – Conference co-champions
Rankings from AP Poll

The 1998 Wake Forest Demon Deacons football team was an American football team that represented Wake Forest University during the 1998 NCAA Division I-A football season. In their sixth season under head coach Jim Caldwell, the Demon Deacons compiled a 3–8 record and finished in a tie for sixth place in the Atlantic Coast Conference.[1]

Schedule

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DateTimeOpponentSiteTVResultAttendanceSource
September 51:00 pmat Air Force*
ESPN2L 0–4247,972[2]
September 108:00 pmNavy*
ESPNW 26–1426,032[3]
September 2612:00 pmat Clemson
ABCW 29–1961,632[4]
October 36:30 pmAppalachian State*dagger
  • Groves Stadium
  • Winston-Salem, NC
L 27–30 OT26,885[5]
October 106:30 pmDuke
  • Groves Stadium
  • Winston-Salem, NC (rivalry)
L 16–1922,037[6]
October 171:00 pmat Maryland
W 20–1023,419[7]
October 2412:00 pmNorth Carolina
  • Groves Stadium
  • Winston-Salem, NC (rivalry)
JPSL 31–3825,841[8]
October 313:30 pmNo. 15 Virginia
  • Groves Stadium
  • Winston-Salem, NC
ABCL 17–3822,718[9]
November 712:00 pmat NC State
JPSL 27–3851,500[10]
November 145:00 pmNo. 5 Florida State
  • Groves Stadium
  • Winston-Salem, NC
ESPN2L 7–2419,193[11]
November 211:00 pmat No. 21 Georgia Tech
L 35–6340,110[12]
  • *Non-conference game
  • daggerHomecoming
  • Rankings from AP Poll released prior to the game
  • All times are in Eastern time

Team leaders

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Category Team Leader Att/Cth Yds
Passing Brian Kuklick 216/396 2,683
Rushing Morgan Kane 128 454
Receiving Jammie Deese 68 826

References

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  1. ^ "1998 Wake Forest Demon Deacons Schedule and Results". SR/College Football. Sports Reference LLC. Retrieved December 24, 2015.
  2. ^ "Air Force ambush humbles Wake". St. Petersburg Times. September 6, 1998. Retrieved July 27, 2024 – via Newspapers.com.
  3. ^ "Wake topples Navy". The Orlando Sentinel. September 11, 1998. Retrieved July 27, 2024 – via Newspapers.com.
  4. ^ "Clemson bounced again". The Greenville News. September 27, 1998. Retrieved July 27, 2024 – via Newspapers.com.
  5. ^ "Mountaineers top Wake by 3 in OT". The News and Observer. October 4, 1998. Retrieved November 29, 2021 – via Newspapers.com.
  6. ^ "Duke kicks 21-game ACC losing streak". The Charlotte Observer. October 11, 1998. Retrieved July 27, 2024 – via Newspapers.com.
  7. ^ "Fast start helps Deacs". The News and Observer. October 18, 1998. Retrieved July 27, 2024 – via Newspapers.com.
  8. ^ "Tar Heels hang on against Demon Deacons". The Herald-Sun. October 25, 1998. Retrieved July 27, 2024 – via Newspapers.com.
  9. ^ "Cavaliers again top Deacons". The News and Observer. November 1, 1998. Retrieved July 27, 2024 – via Newspapers.com.
  10. ^ "Wolfpack WR Holt catches 15". The Atlanta Journal-Constitution. November 8, 1998. Retrieved July 27, 2024 – via Newspapers.com.
  11. ^ "FSU fights off scrappy Wake Forest". Pensacola News Journal. November 15, 1998. Retrieved July 26, 2024 – via Newspapers.com.
  12. ^ "Tech gets to share ACC title, gains berth in Gator". The Atlanta Journal-Constitution. November 22, 1998. Retrieved July 27, 2024 – via Newspapers.com.
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